The number of people killed in the Russian incendiary weapon attack on the market in Kafr Batna, eastern Ghouta, had risen to 61 people. Charred bodies are everywhere, Civil Defense unable to assist the injured.

Military representatives from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Russia met at their joint operations HQ in Baghdad yesterday at the invitation of Iraq's Defence Minister to discuss ongoing security cooperation. The HQ was first established in 2014 to coordinate the war against ISIS

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia has stopped paying attention to allegations from the UK about the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and the UK's refusal to work with Russia on the case is a violation of international agreements

Senate Intelligence Committee leaders @SenatorBurr @MarkWarner with statement on Salisbury Britain attack targeting former Russian spy and his daughter: "It has become clear that Russia is behind this effort to kill innocent civilians with a banned nerve agent"

"It would be ill-advised for the Assad government to use any gas [chemical weapons]" says DoD's Dana White when asked if US prepared to go beyond rhetoric in Syria "This administration has been quite clear"

"We urge Russia to compel the Assad government to stop killing innocent Syrians and allow much need aid to reach the people of East Ghouta", says Pentagon's Dana White, calling for resumption of Geneva talks

US @DeptofDefense expressing more unhappiness with Russia in Syria "Russia enables the Assad government" says @ChiefPentSpox, adding when it comes to East Ghouta "Their double-dealing is exacerbating the loss of innocent lives Russia is morally complicit and responsible"

New sanctions "part of a broader effort to address the ongoing nefarious attacks emanating from Russia" per @USTreasury's Mnuchin, says more coming "to hold Russian government officials and oligarchs accountable for their destabilizing activities"

About 4,000 targets of cyberattacks in US notified last year by @FBI, according to government official. Energy sector specifically being targeted by Russia and @FBI and @DHSgov have coordinated "to respond in a robust way."

UK Prime Minister Theresa May says joint statement made by leaders of the UK, France, Germany and the U.S. shows the nerve agent attack could have happened anywhere and "a united stance" is being shown

"We need a clearly articulated cyber doctrine that will deter nations like Russia from going after our crucial institutions" says @MarkWarner "We've got make sure they know whether it's Russia or other near-peer adversaries that there will be consequences"

"There's been no request for Article V" collective defense by the UK, says @jensstoltenberg. There's also been no British request for practical support in the investigation, but he asserts the political support NATO has provided is crucial too

Does the UK nerve-agent attack signal Russia has launched an all-out hybrid war? NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg says that's been happening for some time now, looking back at Crimea and tactics against Ukraine

Poison attack in UK is not just against Britain, says NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg, and "Britain is not alone." He says this caps a long string of "reckless behavior" by Russia and NATO is looking at what it can do in response

1st offensive use of a nerve agent on NATO's territory since our foundation - NATO Allies agree that the attack was a clear breach of international norms, offered support for the ongoing investigation and have called on Russia to address the UK's questions - @jensstoltenberg

NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg raises Russian culpability in use of "one of most toxic [substances] ever developed" in the first such attack on alliance soil. "This is unacceptable; it has no place in a civilized world," he says. Moscow must address UK's questions.

UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson says it's obvious Russia has illegally hung on to stocks of Soviet chemical weapons and Moscow wants to deny the attack on ex-spy but also wants the world to know it is them

Russian Foreign Ministry says British PM's allegations about Russia are "insane" and that Russia is "very concerned" about use of chemical weapons in Britain after attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

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